Ulog # 3: The Place where Kings and Warlords Reign

My younger sister just flew to Scotland to continue her doctorate studies as a chemist. Almost daily she sends photos in our group chat in FB for us also to see what she has seen and experience in her place. It is just amazing and stunning sceneries in that far away country, It is the land of kings and legends wayback in the olden times.

Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until 1633. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100-year-old history, giving it a claim to having been "the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world".
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The photo below was taken in the Edinburgh Castle in Scotland, its beauty and magnifecent echoed to the old times of kings and wariors. This is the place where legends are born who conquered gigantic challenges and cemented their names in the history book kings and warlords.

I hope, one day I can visit Scotland to see the relics of the past and its stunning scenery of nature.

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